Author summary
51% 7 analyzed articles/videos 7,840 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom O'Connor results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 2,400 hits . Analysis detected 30,386 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,615 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (5,294 of 6,207 authors). This Tom O'Connor is better (less manipulative) than 85.30% of the peer group. Tom O'Connor
Author details
Total words: 38,615
Article count: 7
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.7% percentile 1.6% BS Score7 analyzed articles38.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Author 6.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.9%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.1%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst